Chapter 7

They finally made it to the training room and were now on their guard (except for Alex) while searching for them.

"You know, there's no reason for you boys to be on your guard," Alex said casually since she wasn't afraid of the animals. "They're probably not too bothered to fight."

"It is always best to stay alert even when you least expect it," Antauri said to her while having his purple claws out.

Just then they heard a loud growl and an angry neighing somewhere in the training room.

"Well I guess Palo is here as well," Alex said casually. "This means I know what they're planning."

"What's their plan?" Chiro asked.

"Well you see, they'll first try to catch you off guard by...," she started saying until she was interrupted when Midnight and Palo came from both sides with their wings spread out and charging straight at them! Luckily, Chiro, Antauri and Alex both jumped up in the air before the animals trampled over them. "Doing that."

Every time they were on the ground, Midnight and Palo would always be at least six inches towards them that they ended up dodging them.

"Well how are we gonna stop them?" Chiro asked once they were on the ground while Midnight and Palo began charging towards them again.

So without saying anything, Alex walked in front of the charging animals, waited there for a few seconds, and did what she always did whenever the animals were in trouble.

"MIDNIGHT!! PALO!! STOP CHARGING AT US THIS INSTANT!!" Alex shouted, making the animals stop charging instantly. Once they stopped, they slowly walked towards her with their heads down and their ears all flopped up.

"Man Alex do you have to shout that loud at us, we're only just doing our duty," Midnight said, looking hurt.

"Yeah I mean you could just tell us what to do and what to not do without having to yell," Palo suggested.

"They talk?" Chiro asked looking shocked while Alex was petting both Midnight and Palo.

"Well yeah, didn't I tell you two that they were magical creatures?" Alex asked.

"Well you did but you never told us that they could talk," Chiro explained.

"Well now you know," Alex said casually.

Just then, they first heard Sprx screaming, and then they heard a group of people laughing.

"Well I guess the others found the rest of the animals, and I think Sprx is having some fun," Alex said while she and the other were walking towards the sound. "I wonder what's going on over there?"

When they got to were the noises came from, which was in the kitchen, what they saw in front of them was hilarious. In the middle of the kitchen, covered in ice cream and whipped cream, was Sprx and coiled around him was Cabro who surprisingly was licking the ice cream off of him with delight like a dog.

"Man, now that's what I call a 'just desert'," Raven said while she and the others (apart from Otto since he wasn't even in the kitchen) were trying hard to control their laughter but failing dramatically.

"How ya doing over there, 'Santa'," Alex said before bursting into laughter.

"Hahahaha verrryyy funny!" Sprx said, looking both annoyed and frightened. "Now can someone please get this worm off of me?!"

"Actually, that's a snake, a king cobra to be exact which is one the longest of the venomous land snakes on planet earth," Gibson explained while the others were still laughing.

"Meaning...?" Sprx asked nervously.

"It's poisonous," Gibson simply translated.

"Oh great! That makes me feel sooo much better!" Sprx sarcastically replied while looking even more nervous than before. "Now can someone please get this thing off me!?"

"Chill out man he won't bite you; he's more like a dog, in a weird sort-of-way," Kyle explained while slowly picking up Cabro and gently uncoiling him off Sprx.

"Hey I wasn't even finished licking the ice cream off," Cabro explained to Kyle while licking his mouth with his long slithering tongue.

"What! That snake talks!" Sprx shrieked.

"All the animals do, we already told you guys that they were magical so we thought it would be kind of obvious," Raven explained.

Just then, Otto came into the room carrying in his arms something soft, fluffy and black which they all realized was Gigi.

"Hey guys, guess who's finally awake," Otto said while stoking Gigi who was really enjoying it.

"Hey there Gigi how ya feeling?" Alex asked.

"Well I was first a little bit dizzy from that accident, but now I'm getting all this stroking, I feel really relaxed," Gigi said while giving out a long loud purr which made everyone laugh.

"Aww that's sweet, you know that's the first time that Gigi has ever allowed a stranger to touch her," Alex said.

"Well were not surprised, he's pretty much good at making friends," Nova explained while referring to Otto.

"Yes he's pretty much what we call the 'strong and silent type'," Gibson said.

"Hey that's a bit like our friend Katelyn over here," Amber said while looking at Katelyn who was petting her phoenix Ivy.

"Whoa check it out, a girly Otto," Sprx joked before being hit by Nova. "Oww! Hey what did I do?!"

"Hey Sprx, you still got whipped cream all over your face!" Eddie said while trying hard not to laugh.

"Yeah I know, how am I supposed to get rid of it now?!" Sprx asked, looking cross.

"Well there's only one way to get rid of whipped cream," Alex said with sly smile while looking at Midnight who was looking at Sprx with a bit cat-grin on his face.

"What's that?" Sprx nervously asked while backing away slowly.

Without having to be given instructions, Midnight pounced on Sprx, catching him by surprise, and started licking the whipped cream off of him while everyone began laughing. By the time Midnight finished licking the stuff off, Sprx was covered in panther slobber, making everyone laugh even harder. He looked like he just had a shower and forgot to dry himself off.

"Not funny guys, I repeat not funny!" Sprx shouted at them while trying to get most of the slobber off.

"Oh yes it is Sparky," Alex said just to annoy him.

"How many times do I have to tell you not to call me that!" he then shouted, looking really angry.

"Whatever Sprx, whatever," Alex said casually.

"Sparky? That's sounds more like a dogs name to me," Eddie said while laughing still.

"What wrong with Sparky? I think it's kind of a cute nickname," Katelyn said who didn't find that funny.

"You think that everyone's nicknames are cute," Eddie said.

"I so do not Edgar," Katelyn said without realizing that she said his name wrong again.

"It is EDMOND!!" Eddie shouted, who also said his name incorrectly without noticing.

"Edward," Raven and Alex corrected him.

"Whoever!" he then shouted at them.

Just then, an alarm went off which sounded quite loud for Alex and the gang. To them it was so loud that they had to cover their ears!

"Man, what is that loud annoying sound!?" Alex asked while trying to block the noise with her hands.

"That's the major threat alert, the city is under siege, again!" Gibson said, sounding really annoyed.

"Hey are you guys alright?" Nova asked when she and the others noticed that they were clutching their ears.

"No we're not! It's this sound; it's giving us a headache!" Riley complained.

"Not to mention it's blowing our eardrums up!" Raven complained.

"Could you guys make it stop please?!" Kyle asked, looking like he was in real agony.

"Yeah before our heads split up any further!" Eddie complained.

"Just give me a minute," Gibson said while running out of the kitchen towards the control room. In a matter of minutes the alarm went off.

"Whoa finally!" Amber said while rubbing her ears.

"Man! How can you stand hearing that noise anytime there's something dangerous coming towards the city!?" Alex asked, looking both relieved that the noise was gone and annoyed that they had it that loud.

"It's not that loud, it's loud enough for us to hear it but not really loud," Nova explained, looking really confused to why they thought it was loud.

"Then how come it was so loud for us?" Raven asked herself while wondering until she noticed that the animals were glancing nervously at one another.

"We'll discuss this later," Antauri said while running towards the control room. The other robot monkeys (including Chiro) followed Antauri to the command room but the others stayed behind so they could have a quick talk with their animals.

"Would you care to tell us why we can hear things at a high voltage while they can hear things at a normal voltage?" Raven asked while she and the others were giving their animals an annoyed look.

"Well we forgot to tell you guys about this; since you are part animals, you receive some of our senses as well as our reflexes and your transformations," Midnight explained. "Not to mention your senses are higher then ours."

"Well you guys could have told us sooner, because now we've got to try and control that as well," Eddie complained, looking even more annoyed.

"Hey are you guys going to come along or do we have to drag you with us," Nova said who came back to get them.

So without saying a word to one another, they followed Nova to the control room. Once they got there they saw a large screen that showed loads of little lights heading towards the large city.

"Another mass of formless and undead creatures are heading towards Shuggazoom city," Gibson said, looking at the screen while typing at the computers vigorously.

"So how are you guys gonna handle that exactly?" Eddie asked while looking at the screen.

"Well we can't use the robot since there're too much people out there so I guess we're going to have to go on foot," Gibson explained.

"Wait, you guys have a robot?" Amber asked while looking around the room. "Where is it?"

"You're inside it," Sprx said.

"What! You mean we're in a robot," Kyle said looking shocked to find out about that.

"Yes it's also our home if you like the sound better," Chiro said.

"What you mean we've been swallowed by a giant robot!!" Katelyn shrieked.

"No Kate, they mean we're inside a giant robot which they control on," Riley explained while the others groaned with frustration.

"Anyway, is there anything we could do to help?" Alex asked, looking anxious.

"Just stay in the robot and don't touch anything," Antauri said calmly but sternly.

"What! Then what are we suppose to do while you guys are fighting? Sit about doing nothing?!" Alex complained while indicating her other friends.

"I'm sorry but what we're dealing with is much more dangerous that what you all have experienced," Antauri calmly explained to Alex while he and the other went towards their own tubes.

If only you knew, Alex thought before letting out a deep sigh.

"Anyway, if you guys get bored, there're a few video games over there and you can all go into the kitchen and get something to eat if you're hungry," Sprx said while pointing to some video games that were on the floor before going into his red tube and going down at the same time as Gibson (who went into his blue tube).

"And if any formless or undead creatures enter the super robot, just hide," Nova said before going into her yellow tube and going down at the same time as Otto (who went into his green tube) to join Gibson and Sprx.

"Hey Antauri, I'm gonna contact Jinmay once we get out," Chiro said before going into his orange tube.

"Roger Chiro," Antauri said before going into his back tube and both of them went down their tubes at the same time to join the others.

Once the hyperforce went out of the super robot, they all ran towards where the formless and the undead army were.

"Antauri, do you think that it was wise leaving those kids in the super robot all by themselves?" Gibson asked. "I mean they could be in league with the Skeleton King."

"There's no fear in leaving them in the robot; I sensed that they were no threat to us however, I sensed that they're holding a secret from us," Antauri calmly said to Gibson.

"Yeah no kidding, that girl Raven was getting slightly nervous when I was asking her a few questions," Nova explained.

"Same with that girl Alex, except she became annoyed while asking her questions," Chiro explained who was now in his hyper-mode.

"What do you suppose they're hiding?" Otto asked.

"I don't know but it must be something that they fear of telling us," Gibson said.

"Well I don't know about you guys but I don't trust them one bit," Sprx said.

"Is it because their panther pounced and slobbered all over you," Nova said while giving a slight giggle.

"Well...kind of, I still haven't got all of that slobber off!" Sprx complained before they saw a large army of formless and undead creatures marching towards them.

"Well team, it's time we mobilized; hyperforce go!" Chiro shouted before charging towards Skeleton King's army.